The Ghosts of Abu Ghraib (film)

[Triana]

Just saw this.

Oh.

My.

God.

We bombed and invaded Iraq - and we as much bombed and invaded ourselves. What does that statement tell you about this "war"? We tortured ourselves when we tortured innocents in Hussein's prisons - the same ways and to the same extent HE did. We abolished the Geneva Conventions to do it! We just KILLED Hussein for that. What about US? What was OUR excuse?

Whatever we've done to Iraq and Iraqis - we've also done to US. But the destruction for us has just begun. And it has a way of catching up.

What have we DONE to our country? The orders for all this came from the very TOP. What have they done to our country in OUR NAMES?

Our people.
Their people.
These are NOT seperate entities except by geographical boundaries.

You MUST see this film if you get a chance. It was shown at the Sundance Film Festival and is being screened at select independent theatres around the country. SEE IT IF YOU POSSIBLY CAN

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0912585/#comment

Wielding startlingly candid interviews with perpetrators, witnesses, and victims, Ghosts of Abu Ghraib provides an inside look at the abuses that occurred at the Iraqi prison in the fall of 2003. Award-winning filmmaker Rory Kennedy explores how, given the right circumstances, typical boys and girls next door can commit atrocious acts of violence. Kennedy begins tracing the path to Abu Ghraib with 9/11. Facing a whole new war on terror, the Bush administration justified intelligence gathering at any cost. The administration's decision to ignore the rules of the Geneva Conventions laid the groundwork for the abuse. The result? Heinous acts of torture heretofore associated only with the world's most repressive dictatorships. The now-infamous photos that emerged from Abu Ghraib represent only the tip of the iceberg, pointing to systemic abuse from Guantanamo Bay to Afghanistan and beyond. These photos have come to redefine the United States--once considered a bastion of human rights--as a principal proponent of torture. Have we blurred the distinction between ourselves and terrorists in ways that will haunt our country throughout history? Powerful, restrained, and fiercely compelling, Ghosts of Abu Ghraib demands that we examine our conscience as a nation.

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1. K so I can find it later. n/t

[Triana]

2. this should not sink...(n/t)